Recent answers to Firefox keeps reverting appearance and options after system reboothttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/9502652013-02-18T10:48:54-08:00Hi cor-el
I did as instructed and changed 1 preference back to default. I shut down FF and then the2013-02-18T10:48:54-08:00tpk1https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-409011<p>Hi cor-el
</p><p>I did as instructed and changed 1 preference back to default. I shut down FF and then the PC to do a hard boot. After PC &amp;amp; FF restarted I got this same:
</p><p>"Firefox can't find the server at www.[r;;iåvÞyevq¾qîx»<a href="http://òki.com" rel="nofollow">òki.com</a>."
When I opened a new Tab.
</p><p>These are the Preferences now in about:config.
browser.preferences.animateFadeIn;false
browser.preferences.inContent;false
browser.preferences.instantApply;false
</p><p>Seems like something is missing but I don't know what.
</p><p>Spell check still does not work on the Washington Post web site but does work on two other national news pages on the web that I read.
</p><p>My son says, now that I've done the deed that he will have to put the "add-ons" back into FF. He did delete / remove that "new" version of Messenger, a/k/a skype.
</p><p>Any thoughts on this mess?
</p><p>Thanks,
</p><p>tpk1 (Pat)
</p>Type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key to open the about:config p2013-02-17T12:53:28-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-408776<p>Type <b>about:config</b> in the location (address) bar and press the "<i>Enter</i>" key to open the <i>about:config</i> page, just like you open a website by typing the URL in the location bar.
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<ul><li>If you see a warning message then you can confirm that you want to access the about:config page.
</li></ul>
<ul><li>use the Search bar at the top of the about:config page to locate preferences more easily
</li><li>preferences that have been modified and do not have the default value show as bold (user set)
</li><li>preferences that are user set (bold) can be reset to the default value via the right-click context menu
</li><li>preferences can be changed via the right-click context menu: Modify (String or Integer) or Toggle (Boolean) or by double-clicking the line with the pref
</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config</a>
</li></ul>Hi back cor-el:
I don't know, can't find pref. I found options, not pref's and on Tabs, all
are ch2013-02-17T09:53:57-08:00tpk1https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-408723<p>Hi back cor-el:
I don't know, can't find pref. I found options, not pref's and on Tabs, all
are checked except for the last that says: "When I open a link in a new
tab, switch to it immediately"
</p><p>And now, this last week, Spell check is not working or only works
sporadically on some web sites. I have the selection for spell check set to check as I type, but, there it is.
</p><p>tpk1
</p>What is the setting of the new tab page (pref: browser.newtab.url) ?
https://support.mozilla.org/kb2013-02-14T12:26:29-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-407852<p>What is the setting of the new tab page (pref: browser.newtab.url) ?
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites</a>
</li></ul>
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<p>Some security software has virtualization or sandbox features that may cause problems by protecting and restoring files in the Firefox profile folder.
</p><p>Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
</p><p>See:
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found</a>
</li><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls</a>
</li></ul>I'm not sure now about it being helpful. My son took this mess over and got it to keep the settings2013-02-14T11:46:08-08:00tpk1https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-407835<p>I'm not sure now about it being helpful. My son took this mess over and got it to keep the settings. It did not get us back to the usual Firefox appearance and we're still stuck with the new tab getting that "Problem loading page" but we've just learned to ignore it.
</p><p>I may try to totally remove that Messenger upgrade to get rid of this once and for all.
</p><p>Thanks for your reply. Consider my question closed.
</p>Your preferences are not saved
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-fix-preferences-wont-sav2013-02-14T05:25:18-08:00iamjayakumarshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950265#answer-407728<p>Your preferences are not saved
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-fix-preferences-wont-save" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-fix-preferences-wont-save</a>
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